One paragraph of biography about General John Pershing, "Commander-in-Chief of American Forces in France" during World War I, born in 1860 "at Lacled, Missouri," and serving as a military leader "in the...

Paper about the history of the Rollins public school at 41st, Main, and Walnut Streets, written by the school's principal in 1926, Sally Knox Boon, or Sally Boon. School land bought from prominent pomologist...

Photos and description of the northeast Jackson County town of Sibley, established around the 1808 settlement of Fort Osage, giving the town's history, including its oldest homes built around 1820, railroads,...

Photos and description of the Jackson County town of Sugar Creek, established between Independence and Kansas City as an industrial district built around an oil refinery at the turn of the 20th century,...

Section of the book on the Jackson County town of Raytown, population 450 but "growing rapidly," with photos and descriptions of businesses, churches, schools, transportation facilities, and the town in...